The effect of rising food prices on food consumption:systematic review with meta-regression

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7915, 2013, Pages

  Green, Rosemary ^a,b   Cornelsen, Laura ^a,b   Dangour, Alan D ^a,b   Honorary, Rachel Turner ^a   Shankar, Bhavani ^b,c   Mazzocchi, Mario ^d   Smith, Richard D ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PRICE; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84880061388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3703     Document Type: Article

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